Unschooling and life
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In a message dated 5/1/03 10:35:04 AM Central Daylight Time,
[email protected] writes:
<< Whatever my kids choose I will siuport them 100%. Iif they become
conservative evangelicals or choose to follow Islam or join that guy who
dresses in orange or go to India to find a guru. Whatever. I
know I will not be disappointed cos there are so many different paths in the
universe and my children are individuals who will find their own.
Right, someone else's turn.... >>
I think someone that has a very strong opinion about the afterlife and the
only way to get there is not going to be able to apply unschooling
philosophies to their religion/spirituality.
I think you hit the nail on the head though Shyrley, about letting your
children choose their own path and not trying to make them believe the same
as you.
I go to Unity.
My children so far, as well as dh, don't. Sierra likes to come along, but
it's all about the kids and getting to do art projects, not spirituality at
this point.
I tell them my beliefs on things, I display tolerance by explaining other
points of view and not teaching them one "truth"....well, that's not entirely
correct.
I tell them that the important truth is love and that people all have
different ways of finding their path to love (or not), but that love is the
important thing that binds us all together.
When they get frustrated with narrow minded beliefs, I remind them why/how
people come to those conclusions and try to get them to at least look at it
from another viewpoint.
It's easy for me to do, having been raised very fundamentalist/legalistic.
My only hope is that they are tolerant of many types of people, and know how
to love themselves and have peace with the Universe/God, whatever they
percieve that to be.
Ren
"They dined on mince, and slices of quince, Which they ate with a runcible
spoon;
And hand in hand, on the edge of the sand, they danced by the light of the
moon."
--The Owl and the Pussycat
Edward Lear
[email protected] writes:
<< Whatever my kids choose I will siuport them 100%. Iif they become
conservative evangelicals or choose to follow Islam or join that guy who
dresses in orange or go to India to find a guru. Whatever. I
know I will not be disappointed cos there are so many different paths in the
universe and my children are individuals who will find their own.
Right, someone else's turn.... >>
I think someone that has a very strong opinion about the afterlife and the
only way to get there is not going to be able to apply unschooling
philosophies to their religion/spirituality.
I think you hit the nail on the head though Shyrley, about letting your
children choose their own path and not trying to make them believe the same
as you.
I go to Unity.
My children so far, as well as dh, don't. Sierra likes to come along, but
it's all about the kids and getting to do art projects, not spirituality at
this point.
I tell them my beliefs on things, I display tolerance by explaining other
points of view and not teaching them one "truth"....well, that's not entirely
correct.
I tell them that the important truth is love and that people all have
different ways of finding their path to love (or not), but that love is the
important thing that binds us all together.
When they get frustrated with narrow minded beliefs, I remind them why/how
people come to those conclusions and try to get them to at least look at it
from another viewpoint.
It's easy for me to do, having been raised very fundamentalist/legalistic.
My only hope is that they are tolerant of many types of people, and know how
to love themselves and have peace with the Universe/God, whatever they
percieve that to be.
Ren
"They dined on mince, and slices of quince, Which they ate with a runcible
spoon;
And hand in hand, on the edge of the sand, they danced by the light of the
moon."
--The Owl and the Pussycat
Edward Lear
[email protected]
In a message dated 5-1-2003 12:59:02 PM Mountain Daylight Time,
starsuncloud@... writes:
stumbled into the Unity church by accident, looking for the Unitarian
services [same building complex] ~ my MIL was in town at the time and the
talk was on Ruth and Naomi ... it was incredible to hear their spin on bible
stories; I'd never heard Yin/Yang applied openly :)... certainly NOT your
typical Christian service :) What are the chances, though, that Unity and UU
would be in the same building, both having potlucks on the same day??? If UU
was not available to me, I would definitely be in the Unity church ~ our
groups are so small, we often do things together, like peach marches, jam
sessions with our collective musicians, etc...
diana,
The wackiest widow westriver...
“I'm just a human being trying to make it in a world that is very rapidly
losing it's understanding of being human" John Trudell
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starsuncloud@... writes:
> I go to Unity.Talk about being where you need to be, when you need to be there... I
stumbled into the Unity church by accident, looking for the Unitarian
services [same building complex] ~ my MIL was in town at the time and the
talk was on Ruth and Naomi ... it was incredible to hear their spin on bible
stories; I'd never heard Yin/Yang applied openly :)... certainly NOT your
typical Christian service :) What are the chances, though, that Unity and UU
would be in the same building, both having potlucks on the same day??? If UU
was not available to me, I would definitely be in the Unity church ~ our
groups are so small, we often do things together, like peach marches, jam
sessions with our collective musicians, etc...
diana,
The wackiest widow westriver...
“I'm just a human being trying to make it in a world that is very rapidly
losing it's understanding of being human" John Trudell
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